Jere M. Webb
Experience
Jere Webb practices all aspects of intellectual property law, including Internet and ecommerce; marketing, trade regulation and distribution; technology transfer,
protection and licensing; trademark and franchise; and international trade. He chairs
the firm's eBusiness group and is a member and past chair of the firm's Technology and
Intellectual Property group and its Marketing Distribution Law group.
A frequent editor, author and lecturer in his field, Jere is past chair of the Oregon
State Bar's statewide Continuing Legal Education Committee and a past member of the
Bar's Board of Governors. He is editor of the Bar's five-volume work Advising Oregon
Businesses (2009). He has represented both public and private companies in hundreds
of transactions involving transfer, licensing and enforcement of intellectual property
rights, and regularly deals with complex distribution arrangements both domestic and
foreign.
Professional Honors and Activities
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Selected by Best Lawyers® as Technology Law Lawyer of the Year, Portland,
Partner
Portland, OR
(503) 294-9460 direct
(503) 220-2480 fax
2012, 2014 and 2016 and Information Technology Law Lawyer of the Year,
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Portland, 2015
jere.webb@stoel.com
Listed in Best Lawyers in America© (currently: Advertising Law, Copyright Law,
Education
Franchise Law, Information Technology Law, Technology Law, Trademark Law),
1997-2016
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University of Chicago Law School, J.D.
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Stanford University, A.B., with
Selected as a leading trademark attorney in World Trademark's magazine's WTR
distinction
1000 - The World's Leading Trademark Professionals, 2013
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Listed in both Oregon Super Lawyers® and Portland's Top Lawyers
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Member, Board of Governors, Oregon State Bar, 1986-1989
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Member, Board of Directors, Oregon Law Institute
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Founder and member, Board of Directors, Pacific Rim Computer Law Institute
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Past Chair, Committee on Continuing Legal Education, Oregon State Bar
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Oregon reporter for Computer Law Association
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Member, Computer Law Association
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Member, Licensing Executives Society
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Member, International Bar Association
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Member, Forum Committee on Franchising, American Bar Association
Presentations
Admissions
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Oregon
Languages
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German
Jere M. Webb
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"Staying Competitive: Legal Issues in Running a Business Online," Oregon Law Institute, Portland, Oregon, Mar. 2, 2012
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"Wineries, Breweries & Distilleries," The Seminar Group, Portland, Oregon, July 22, 2011
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"Intellectual Property: Development and New Challenges in the Digital Era," Program Faculty, Oregon Law Institute, Portland,
Oregon, June 10, 2011
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"Representing Family and Closely Held Business," Oregon Law Institute, Program Faculty, Portland, Oregon, Feb. 25, 2011
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"The Green Advertising 'Tsunami': What You Can Say and What You Can't," Oregon Law Institute, Portland, Oregon, June 11, 2010
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"Best Practices for Owning and Operating a Winery: Names, Labels and Trademarks," The Seminar Group, San Francisco,
California, Mar. 1, 2007; The Seminar Group, Napa, California, Mar. 4, 2008
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"Going Green: Advising Clients in the New World of Sustainability," Oregon Law Institute, Oregon Convention Center, Portland,
Oregon, Apr. 28, 2008
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"Robots and Spiders and Contracts, Oh My! Recent Developments in Enforcing Website Terms of Use," Oregon State Bar
Computer and Internet Law Section Luncheon and CLE, Portland, Oregon, May 25, 2005
Publications
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Editor, "Advising Oregon Businesses," Oregon State Bar's five-volume treatise, 1989-2010
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"The Name of the Game: Labels Can Make a Wine; They Can Also Break the Bank if Not Protected," (coauthor), Oregon Wine
Press, Nov. 2008
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"What You Need to Know About 'Green' Claims Advertising," TerraLex 2007 (16th edition)
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"The Departing Employee: Competitive Restrictions," "Trade Secrets," "Domain Names" and "Confidentiality Agreements,"
Advising Oregon Businesses, 2007
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"Delaware Supreme Court Holds That Obtaining the Identity of an Anonymous Internet Poster by a Subpoena Requires Actual
Evidence of Defamation, Not Just the 'Good Faith' Standard Applied by Some Other Courts," TerraLex 2006 (13th edition)
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"Website Terms and Conditions Held Applicable to Content Copied by Robot or Spider," TerraLex 2005 (12th edition)
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"Defamation on the Internet: Risks of Getting Hauled into Court in Distant Locations," TerraLex 2005 (12th edition)
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"E-Commerce Developments: Across E Commerce Law on Horseback," Oregon Law Institute, 2005
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"What Every Business Should Know About Advertising Law," Stoel Rives seminar, 2003
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"Metatags and Trademark Law," E-Commerce Law Report, 2003
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"Web Enabling Your Business: The Legal Issues," seminar presentation at "E Commerce! The New Standard for the Next
Millennium," Oregon Law Institute, Nov. 1999
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"The Internet Music Wars: Court Rejects Challenge to Portable MP3 Player," Multimedia & Technology Licensing Law Report,
Oct. 1999
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"Trademarks, Cyberspace, and the Internet," Multimedia & Technology Licensing Law Report, Nov. 1996
Jere M. Webb
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"Court Upholds Reverse Engineering Software," TC Newsletter, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law of the American
Bar Association, Spring, 1993
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"Reverse Engineering Software," Pacific Rim Computer Law Institute, Jun. 1993, and Software Association of Oregon, Winter
1993
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"Insurance Coverage for Intellectual Property Infringement Claims," The Computer Law Association Bulletin, 1992
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"Recovery of Damages Under the Lanham Act: A Practitioner's Guide," The Journal of Proprietary Rights, Jun. 1992
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"A Survey of the Law of Trade Dress Infringement," Selected Legal Papers, American Intellectual Property Law Association, 199 1,
also published in The Computer Lawyer, Sep. 1991
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"Intellectual Property Misuse: Recent Developments in the Misuse Doctrine," Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, Spring 1991,
and Journal of the Patent & Trademark Office Society, May 1991
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"Who Owns Computer Software: Joint Authorship Standards Clarified," Computer Law Reporter, Jan. 1991
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"International Distribution Agreements," Oregon State Bar, Pacific Northwest Antitrust Institute, 1990
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"United States Trademark Law for Canadian Franchisors," Association of Canadian Franchisors, Vancouver Legal Symposium, Oct.
20, 1989
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"Antitrust Aspects of Technology Licensing and Distribution," Pacific Rim Computer Law Institute, 1988
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"Software Protection: New Developments in Protection of 'Look and Feel' of Computer Programs," Marketing & Technology Law,
July 1987
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"No Mail Order Clauses: Are They Legal?," International Computer Law Advisor, Jan. 1987
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"International Protection of Trade Secrets and Copyrights," prepared for the 1987 International Law and Business Seminar
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"Vertical Market Distribution: Selected Antitrust and Distribution Law Issues," Pacific Rim Computer Law Institute, 1986
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"A Practitioner's Guide to Confidentiality Agreements," Trade Secret Law Reporter, July 1985
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"The Application of Antitrust Tying Principles to Computer Software Distribution," The Scott Report, July 1985
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"Antitrust Aspects of Software Distribution," The Computer Lawyer, June 1985
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"Tying Computer Hardware and Software Held Illegal: Another Look at the Digidyne Case," The Computer Users Legal Reporter,
1985
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"Confidentiality Agreements," Advising Oregon Businesses, 1985, 2003
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"The Departing Employee: Competitive Restrictions," Advising Oregon Businesses, 1985
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"Trade Secrets," Advising Oregon Businesses, 1985, 2003
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"Trade Secrets and the Departing Employee," Oregon Law Institute's Business v. Business, Portland, Oregon, Nov. 1985
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"Antitrust Developments," Oregon Business Law Digest, 1985
Jere M. Webb
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"Tying Computer Hardware and Software Held Illegal: Another Look at the Digidyne Case,"The Computer User's Legal Reporter,
Jan. 1985
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"Computer System Acquisition Agreements," Pacific Rim Computer Law Institute, 1984
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"Copyright Protection of Computer Programs: New Issues," The Computer User's Legal Reporter, Dec. 1984
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"Advertising Law," Advising Oregon Businesses, 1984
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"Antitrust Aspects of International Trade," Oct. 1983
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"Employer/Employee Ownership of Technology," presentation at American Electronics Association seminar "Protecting Your
Company's Technology," 1983
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"Indemnity and Contribution," Torts, Oregon State Bar, 1981
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"Settlement of the Multiparty Case," Oregon Association of Defense Counsel, 1980
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"Dispossession of Personal Property," Damages, Oregon State Bar, 1980